I suggest that a brief period on a English trike ( driveside left ) would serve to pull this quandary into perspective. The tactile or visceral is preferred to the meditated or speculative in this matter. Anyone in or visiting the Seattle area is welcome to take Ken out for a ride and reach a point of Illumination. Rob Williams Not quite raining in Seattle
> John Pergolizzi wrote, of driveside terminology:
>
> "left and "right" are so often confused, I still think forks don't
> have a drive side though, unless you have one o' them "2x2"
> front-and-rear-wheel-drive bikes (sorry, OT!) Didn't they drive on
> the left though?
>
> And don't forget, in England where they also drive on the left,
> "non-driveside" means right!"
>
> And I add, in a moment of off-topic confusion, what about the terms
> "nearside" and "offside", which are regularly used by British car
> magazines and repair manuals? It appears to me that "nearside" is not
> the side nearest the British curb, when driving, but the right. But
> why?
>
> Kris Green
> Olympia WA